Collapsible ironing board



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To all whom it may come Be it known that I,

a citizen of the United States,

in the county of Jack- STAFF, 1ng at Kansas son and State of Missouri,

ANDREW L. wess'rnir, ole-Kansas crrY, missouni.

Application filed May 9, 1921.

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COLLAPSIBLE IRONING BOARD.

ANDREW L. WAG- residhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Ironing Boards, following is a spec My invention re ing boards and my ob new and useful device of this which consists which may be of which the ification.

lates to collapsible ironject is to provide a character of a plurality of sections readily an d firmly connected together for use, or disconnected for shipstruction may be reduced Other advantages wi and in order ment or storage in a small space.

A further advantage struction resides in ing board can be ma lumber which ordinari as waste material and thus the sectional conthe fact that the ironde from small pieces of ly would be regarded the cost of conto a minimum.

11 hereinafter appear that the invention may be Fig. 1 is a plan view of with the several sections united for use.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Fig. 3 is a plan view,

showing the sections 0 disassembled.

Fig. 4 is an employed in carrying ference will now be had drawing, in which:

the ironing board sectional view. partly in section,

f the ironing board enlarged detail of a tie-rod Fig. 5 is an enlarged eral. of any drawing and an intermedi out the invention.

detail perspective view of a reinforcing sleeve or bushing.

detail view of a Referring now in detail to the different parts, 2 designate Said ironin desired number of sect-ions;

I have shown en ate section 8.

s the ironing board in geng board may be made up in the d sections 4 and 6 The ends of the intermediate section 8 have transverse grooves 1 0 and 12, the ends of which communicate with recesses 14 and ing respectively. tensions are a The end sections 4 and 6 tongues 18 and 20 terminatextensions 22 and 24,

The tongues and their exdapted to fit snugly within Serial No. 468,003.

hold the ends of the sections 4, 6 and 8 together, so that they in effect will constitute one continuous board.

The sections 4, 6 and 8 are further held together to prevent accidental displacement with relation to each other by means of threaded tie-rods 26 and 28 and nuts or threaded sleeves 30 and 32. The tie-rods 26 and 28 extend through central longitudinal bores in the sections 4 and 6 and are threaded at their inner ends to engage the nuts 30 and 32, and formed at their outer ends into handles 34 and 86, respectively, whereby they may be rotated to engage or disengage the respective nuts which are held from rotation by transverse pins 88.

The bored portions of the sections 4 and 6 are protected from being split or enlarged at their outer ends by sleeves or bushings 40 and 42, which {it friction-tight within said sections and have their outer ends enlarged as indicated at 44 and 46 to act as guides for the tie-rods 26 and 28, respectively, when the same are to be placed in position to tie the difierent sections of the ironing board 2 together.

From the foregoing it will be understood that by providing the sections 4, 6 and 8 with interlocking ends, the tie-rods 26 and 28, and nuts 30 and 82, said sections may be firmly united for use, while on the other hand the ironing board can be readily disassembled for shipment or storage in a small space by unscrewing said tie-rods 26 and 28 from the nuts 30 and 32 and pulling the sections apart.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that I have provided an ironing board embodying the advantages above pointed out, and while I have shown and described the preferred construction, combination and arrangement of parts, I reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the claim.

Having thus described my what I claim and desire to secure by Patent, is:

An ironing board consisting of a plurality invention, Letters of detachable sections one of which has a. threttded to engage said nut and coact theregroove extending across one end thereof and recesses communicating with said groove;:atongue extending across I one end of the-opposing section and providedwith I extensions to fit into the recesses, a nut,

mounted in one section, anda tie-rod extending through the adjacent section end with in holding the sections together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence oftwo Witnesses. v

' ANDREW L, WAGSTA'F'F. Witnesses: I

F. C. FIsoHER, L. J. FISCHER. 

